West London Chorus (formerly Chiswick Choir) celebrates its 50th Anniversary with a concert featuring three of the greatest composers of the 18th century.

In 1707, the 22-year-old Handel was living in Rome, a time when operatic performances were forbidden. That ban in no way precluded his composition of vivid, dramatic music, as is demonstrated by two psalm settings: Nisi Dominus (Psalm 127) and in particular, Dixit Dominus (Psalm 110), whose tremendous energy and exuberant choruses mark it as one of his finest works.

London Mozart Players perform the most popular of J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos, No. 3, noted for its unusual two-movement structure and the energy of its complex instrumental interplay.

Two motets from different stages of Mozart’s short life complete the programme: Alma Dei creatoris, written for the Offertory of the Mass when he was just 21, and, one of his last works, the Eucharistic hymn Ave verum corpus.